Merry-go-round



Aug. 24",. 1926. I 1,591,585

' R. w. EHLING MERRY-GOFRQUND ,Fi-led April 30, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Reuben W Ehling.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY ?atented Aug. 24, 1.926

uairsb srn'rss v 1,597,585 PATENT ori-"ics.

REUBEN W. EHLING, F DUNGANNON, PENNSYLVANIA.

MERRY-GO-ROUND.

Application filed April 30, 1923. Serial No. 635,740.

Another object isto produce a device of this nature which shall be simple of,con-.

struction, comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture and assemble, and highly efficient for the purpose for which it'is designed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy carrousel, with the canopy in section.

Fi ure 2 is a top plan view of the base and the driving mechanism per se:

Figure 3 is a section in elevation, taken substantially on the line 3 3 in Figure 2.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all views.

Referring t5 the drawings in detail, represents a base upon which the entire structure is supported. The base as shown is square, but may be of any suitable shape and material to support the mechanism hereinafter described. Mounted on the base 10, is a small electric motor 11, the lead wires 12, of which run into the base 10, and are connected to a pair of brass strips 13 or other suitable contact members secured to the side walls of a mortice 1.4: formed in the base 10. A strip of wood 15 is formed with a longitudinally extending tenon 16 on the sides of which brass contact strips 17 are secured. Wires 18 connect the strips 17 to a switch 19 of any suitable standard construction, the switch having suitable connections to binding posts 20 to which may be attached the leads from any suitable source of electrical energy. It will be seen that by the above construction, the lead-in device 15 can be separated from the base 10 for readily packing the same.

Secured tothe base 10 by screws, bolts or other suitable and readily removable means is a supporting member 2lprovided with a socket v 22 .in which is removably securedby set screws 23, an upright tube 24. Rising from :the Jmember 21 is also a bracket or framework 25 which rotata bly supports a shortshaft26 carrying a pulley .27 which is connected forgdriving from the. motor 11.

On the other end. of the .shaft .26, a gear 28 issecured, said gear meshing with the teeth on .a gear x29.mounted;on Ia vertically supported shaft 30 having its bearings in the bracket 25. Onthe upper end, of shaft 30 is asmall gear 31 which.drives'therevolving parts of thecarrousel which will now be described. 1

The revolving platform and parts aresuspended from a rod or shaft 31 whichis a sliding fit for the tubular member 241 i whichit rotates. ;The.rod:31 hassecured to it a driving gear 33 which is removable. from the-rod and the lower face ofwwhioh rests on the top of. tube .24 and forms a suits able bearing for the rotatable .parts. This gear 3.3 meshes with the aforementioned driving gear 31 by which it is driven. Se-

cured to therod 31 above the gear ,33 is,a

standard-supporting member 3 1 and is in the form of a hubbed disk and secured to the shaft 31 by a set screw. At its top, the rod 31 supports a brace supporting member 35 which is also secured to the member 31 by a set screw.

Secured to the disk-like standard-supporting member 34 by bolts 36 or other suitable means are a plurality of radially disposed standards or beams 37. Each of these beams 37 is drilled near its end and at a point be-.

Secured'in apertures in the head member 35' are the ends of a plurality of braces 40,

there being one for each beam 37, and extending toward the end of itsrespective beam to which it is secured by being inserted in an aperture in a metal tab or clamp 11 held fast by the upper and outer nut 39 of the respective beam.

The rotating platform comprises a plurality ofarcuate sections 42 which are held together by strips 43 bolted at opposite ends to the abutting ends of ,the sections 42. Mounted on thisplatform are a plurality of animals 44 which may be of any suitable type and which are removably held in place by depending central standards or rods 45 which extend throughthe sections 42 and are provided with securing nuts d6 whereby they may be firmly engaged with the platform.

If desired, a number of benches or seats 47 a may also be placed on the platform, and as they have very broad bases will notrneed means for holding them in place.

vice an'attractive appearance.

A suitable canopyor tent cover 48 'is provided which rests down on the braces andover the top edge, giving the entire de- The operation of the device is so obvious from the foregoing description of'parts that no extended description thereof will be given; butit is thought that itvwill be readily seen that I have constructed a device- "which is not only amusing in that it moves and is controllable by the child, but is also highly instructive in that the entire device may be taken apart and put together again,

thereby calling forth the childs imagination and perception, andv fostering any mechanical lnstincts which he may possess.

v 7' l/Vhile I havedescribed what I deem to bathe most desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many of the parts may be varied withoutin any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details --of construction herein shown nor to anyjournalcd in the upper end of said tubular standard, a plurality of radially disposed beams having their inner ends secured to said annular flange, an apertured annular crown flange secured to the upper end of said shaft for anchoring the extended free ends of said'beams thereto by means of a plurality of inclined bracing hooks and apertured attaching plates therefor,-a character supporting platform comprising a plurality plates for detachably securingsaid members in circumferential 'endWise engagement, a plurality of threaded rods and lock nuts therefor having their upper ends detachably secured to said beams,the lower ends of said rods secured in like manner to the said segment members comprising said platform, and means associated, with Said ring gear for rotating said shaft, radial beams and supporting platform. I a.

y In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

REUBEN W. Ermine.

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